Letter: The bigger man walks away from a fight

Saturday

Sep 14, 2013 at 5:41 PM

It appears to me that dropping a few bombs on Syria would only cause the Syrian government to retaliate by taking it out on Syria's citizens or going after our destroyers in the vicinity. It seems absurd to think we can drop a few bombs and that would be the end of it.

The citizens of this country are very war weary. Our military does not need to be expected to continue this unending war we are in right now by including Syria. We would help so much more by offering humanitarian aid.

What we have tried to do so far in Iraq and Afghanistan, to bring about democracy, has not worked. Middle East countries live a different way of life. Also, we can't afford to expand the military budget now that Congress is attempting to pare it down.

The United Nations was established to make decisions about world issues. Let the U.N. do its job.

We the people of the United States do have a voice. Let it be heard by contacting our congressmen.

It takes a bigger man to walk away from a fight.

Evelyn R. Brooks

Amarillo

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